Carrie and Nick are evacuated from London during the Second World War. They arrive at a Welsh mining village, tired and bewildered.
Now staying with the forbidding Councillor Evans and his timid sister Lou, Carrie and Nick are sent out to Druid’s Bottom, an old house deep in the woods.
Carrie can't understand why Mr Evans is so frightened of Hepzibah Green, or why he hates his sister Mrs Gotobed.
Mr Evans has threatened to throw Hepzibah Green out of her home, and Carrie believes it is all her fault. She must warn Hepzibah before it is too late.
On the morning they are due to leave, Carrie discovers a new side to Mr Evans - and there's a surprise as they head back to London.
